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APPLOATION FILED JULY 23, 1912.

Patented 26, w13.

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WILLIAM H. Baumer', or notieren, armas. g

DIL-CUP.

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Patented Aug. 26,1%513.

pplication filed July 23, 1912. Serial No. 711,044.

To all 'wwm 1i may concern Be it known that I, WILLrAM H. DAwLnr,

a citizen of the United States, residing at The object of the invention is to providef a device of the character described for the purpose of lubricating bearings andv -arranged to he readily secured to and detached from the bearing to be 1 lubricated and the specific improvement embodied iu this invention consists of a. means for positively regulating the valve which controls the flow of the lubricant from the oil cup into the bearing whereby the valve may be set for any desired feed of oil to the bearing vand will remain in the desired position until positively changed.. The set of the valveis thus made uniform and the valve is held rmly against movement caused by the jar or vibration of the machinery to which the cup is attached.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention has particular relation to cer# tain novel features of construction, yoperation and arrangementof' parts, an` example of which is given in this specilication and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a sco-tional side elevation of t-he cup. Fig. 2.1s a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the valve supporting sleeve. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the head of said sleeve. y tion of the valve, and Fig. 6 is aplan viewl of the disk carried by the valve.

Referring now more particularly to the.

drawings, the numeral 1 refers to the oil cup which is of the usual and well known construction and which has depending from the bottom thereof, the outwardly threaded neck 2 which is integral therewith and which is provided to be screwed into a suitable tapped hole in the bearing to be lubricated. Extending axially through this neck and through the bottom of the cup 1 is a pa `sageway 3, provided for the purpose of conducting the lubricant from the cup to the bearing to be lubricated. The upper end of this passageway is iiared and a valve seat 4 is formed at the center of the bottom of the cup and surrounds said flared Fig. 5 is' a. side eleva? portion. A cap 5is provided which i's adaptedto be screwed over the upper end of the cup for the purpose of inclosing the same and retaining the lubricant therein. Thisl cap has a centrally located tapped hole and through this hole a sleeve 6 proa jects down into the cup. rEhe sleeve has an enlarged head 7 which rests upon the cap and immediately underneath said .head is .a threadedportion 8 which threads into the central orifice of the cap and secures the sleeve in positionfthe lower portion of this sleevey being somewhat reduced, so asV tok readily pass through said orifice.

Projecting through ther sleeve-6 is the valve 9 vwhich is anoblong member whose lower end is tapered and its intothefflarcd upper end of the passageway 3 and controls the same. lThe upper end of this valve is enlarged into a head 10 which rests against the upper side of the head 7 of the sleeve 6. lSecured to the v alve 9 near its lower' end by means of Ia pin or any ,other suitable means, is the diskll and interposed bemember 13 which is integral with said headand which partially surrounds the head -10 of the valve 9. The up'per edge of this rack member gradually .declines each way from a central pointl and said edge is provided with a plurality of notches 14 arran ed at regular intervals apart and projectu'ig from the side of the head 10 1s a lugf15, provided to rest in one of said notches.

lt is obvious that the head l0 of the v'alve 9 may bel caught by the hand of the operator and by a pull thereon the resistance of the spring 12 may be overcome and the valve may be unseated and'tu'rned irreither direction and the lug 15 seated in'firaither of the notches 14. and it is further obvious that when said lug is .seated in any given notch, l,the valve will be held at a :certain point of elevation until said valve is changed by the positive action of the operator. When it is desired to further limit `the iiow of the lubricant, the valve is par tially turnedand the lug 15 allowed to seav on one of the lower notches, but 1n case 1t is desired to increase the flow of lubr1 cant,

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the valve will be so turned as to seat the lug 15 in one of the notches higher up on the upper edge of the rack member 13. When it 1s desired to entirely shut oii' the iiow of the lubricant, the valve may be turned until it does not engage with the rack member 13 at all, when the valve will fully seat in the'upper end of the passageway 3 and entirely close the same.

The cap 5 is rovided with an orifice 16 through which t e lubricant may be admit-- ted into the cup 1. In order to provide a closure for said orificeI have constructed a at. spring, arcuate Vin shape, one end of which is pivoted to the cap at the point 18 and the other end of which carries a disklike closure 19. This spring is of sufficient resiliency to hold the closure firmly over the orifice 16 and. when itis desired to o en the orifice for the introduction of the lu ricant, the same may be withdrawn, turning upon the pivotal support 18.

Itis obvious that the valve controlling the passage of the lubricant from the cup when fixed in av position, will b'e firmly held in that position, irrespective of the amount of shock or jar to which the cu may be subjected and a uniform feed o oil will thus be maintained which is varied only at the will of the o erator.

What I claim is 1. A device of the character described consisting of a suitable cup having a threaded neck depending from the bottom thereof, by means of which the same is secured to a bearing to be lubricated, the bottom of said cup bein provided with a passageway which leads from 'the interior thereof through said neck, a cap for said cup, a sleeve secured to said cap and depending into the cup, a valve extending through said sleeve and whose free end projects into said passageway, a resilient member surrounding said sleeve and operating in resistance to said valve and cap and normally holding the free end of said valve in said passageway, a rack member carried by the upper end of said sleeve whose upper face 'is inclined and provided with notches, a lug projecting' laterally from said valve and adapted to rest in either of said notches whereby said valve may be adjusted relative to said cap and passageway.'

2. A device of the character described, consisting of a cup having -a threaded neck depending from the bottom thereof by means of which the same is secured to the bearing to be lubricated, the bottom of said cup being provided with a passageway which leads from the interior thereof through the said neck, a cap screwed to the upper end of said cup, a sleeve having an enlarged head at its upper end, which rests upon said cap, and a threaded portion immediately beneath the said'head, which engages in an inwardly threaded orifice in the cap, said sleeve depending down through the cup, and being alined with the passage-way in the bottom thereof, a valve extending through said sleeve, and whose lower end is tapered and projects into said passage-way, a resilient member surrounding said sleeve and operating in resistance to said valve and'A cap 'and normallyholding the free end of valve in said passage-way, a rack member carried by the upper side of the head of said depending sleeve whose upper face is inclined'an provided with notches, a lug projecting laterally 'from said valve, and adapted to rest in either of the said notches, whereby said valve 'may be adjusted relative to said cap and passage-way.

3. A device of the character described, consisting of a cup having a threaded neck depending from the bottom thereof by means ofwhich the same is securedto the bearing tobe lubricated, the bottom of said cup being provided with a passage-way which 1eads= from the interior thereof through the said neck, a cap screwed to the upper end of said cup, a sleeve having an enlarged head at its upper end, which rests u on said cap, said sleeve being vertically a justed relative to the cap and depending down .through the cup, and being'alined with the passage-wa in the bottom thereof, a valve extendmg tlirough said sleeve, and whose lower end 1s tapered and projects into said passage-way, a resilient member surrounding said sleeve, and operating in resistance to said valve and cap and normally holding'the free end of said valve in said passage-way, a rack member carried by the upper side of the head of said'depending sleeve whose upper face is inclined and providedwith notches, a lug projecting laterall from said valve, and adapted to rest in eit er of the said notches, whereby ysaid,

valve may be adjusted relative to said cap and passage-way.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. DAWLEY.

Witnesses:

E. C. Remnant), E. L. CATHEY. 

